Working with Universities, Businesses and their Stakeholders to benefit Society

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Discover new business and markets and raise the profile of your organisation in your region and beyond.

Jenny Ames Consulting accelerates collaborations between universities and users of research, including businesses, the public and voluntary sectors, civic society and communities, for mutual benefit. The purpose is to assist universities and other organisations to translate research knowledge and expertise based in universities to address challenges faced by businesses and society.

Our vision is that the outcomes of the research undertaken in universities achieve the maximum benefit for the economy and society. Our mission is to work with universities and the users of research to achieve this goal.

Working with

businesses

public sector

voluntary sector

civic society

communities

Our Services

strategy development and implementation

talent development

initiation and nurturing of cross-sector collaborations

Making it easy for your people to maximise the benefit of university research to the economy and society.

Developing a clear understanding and plan for working with other organisations

Enhancing staff awareness of the changing external environment and internal drivers of the attendees’ employer and improve staff engagement

Greater staff engagement and sense of fulfilment

Making a difference

Ensuring that organisations and their staff are enabled to initiate, nurture and sustain strategic partnerships stemming from the needs of society, the outputs of academic research and the expertise residing in universities. These partnerships can involve universities and organisations including the private, public and charity sectors, civic society and communities.

Strategy development and implementation

Talent development

Initiation and nurturing of cross-sector collaborations

Director

Jenny Ames BSc, PhD, FRSC, FIFST, MInstKT, FLF

Jenny Ames has worked in academia for 35 years during which time she has gained considerable experience of working with a wide range of non-academic organisations in a variety of sectors. Jenny possesses a deep understanding of different types of universities in the UK. She understands the higher education landscape, and the external drivers universities face.

Testimonials

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Jenny is a delight to work with. Drawing on her extensive network of contacts, she was an excellent ‘local lead’ for a Healthy Cities initiative managed by University Alliance, and the founding Chair of our Research Impact Working Group where she brought energy and enthusiasm, coupled with detailed knowledge of research and collaborative working, to the benefit of impact managers across many different institutions. Jenny was also a significant contributor to the University Alliance Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation Network, helping to develop our multi-institution Doctoral Training Alliance.

Faye TaylorHead of Programmes, University Alliance, London

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I worked very successfully with Jenny when she was based at Northumbria University and I was establishing a new career linking the food industry with scientific expertise in academia. Jenny was excellent at bringing together academics from a range of subject areas with non-academic colleagues to address a specific challenge. As a result of my contacts in the food industry, we were able to form various teams containing people from industry and academia to address identified challenges faced by the food industry. The industry partners very much appreciated the approach Jenny took to ensure that the research undertaken in the universities had real relevance to industry needs. It was a pleasure to work with Jenny – she is dynamic and always delivers on time.

Alan MarsonManaging Director, New-Food Innovations Ltd, Nottingham

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Jenny possesses considerable experience of all aspects of research management and leadership across a wide range of subject areas. As Associate Dean for Research and Innovation she was instrumental in the Faculty’s success in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. Jenny has particular knowledge and expertise around research impact. Two of our submissions (to units of assessment 3 and 6) achieved excellent scores indicating that over 90% of the impact was judged to be outstanding (4*) or very considerable (3*).

Professor Steven NeillPro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol